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Month: November 2023

Get ‘Merry’ before Christmas

Posted on 21/11/2023 by John Sandeman
Christmas is Merry Quiz Worx

Tens of thousands of children will see a Jesus-centred message in state schools in Queensland and NSW from the Quiz Worx team, who have already started their 360 live puppet shows. But tens of thousands more children will get the… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Children, Christian news, scripture teaching

Two sorts of evangelicals: those who want religious freedom, and those who want to control society

Posted on 20/11/2023 by John Sandeman
Marvin Olasky

Sometimes. a good journalist finds just the right Christian to ask about us. Susan Davis of the US National Public Radio (NPR) was trying to decode what is happening with conservative Christians in the wake of the US Congress electing… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Evangelicals

Explainer: Church of England will have ‘experimental’ same-sex marriage services

Posted on 19/11/2023 by John Sandeman
Church of England Synod Chamber

A narrow vote of the Church of England General Synod (church parliament) this week has given the go-ahead for “experimental’ services of blessings for same-sex couples on a trial basis. This is despite the General Synod having voted at their… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, Same-sex marriage

Why you need a list of 100 people in your life 

Posted on 18/11/2023 by John Sandeman
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Charles Brammall’s column What I Learned by Making Every Mistake in the Book as A Christian  D.L. Moody was a 19th-century American evangelist and publisher who was connected with the Keswick Convention in the Lake District of England (a relative of… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, evangelism

Small beginnings for the next generation of the Houston family

Posted on 17/11/2023 by John Sandeman
Peter and Laura Toggs

Peter and Laura Toggs (Toganivalu) are starting a new church, and a church planting happens every week in Australia – but because they are the son-in-law and daughter of Brian and Bobbie Houston they are getting media attention. The Other… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Church planting, Pentecostals
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The myth of the clergy five day week

Posted on 16/11/2023 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope Column Whatever happened to the eight-hour day: If only it were true: The Melbourne Anglican did a good job reporting their Synod (Church Parliament) endorsing the idea of clergy only working five days. So their report of… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Obadiah Slope Christian news, Disability, First nations, Ministers

Chinese Christians face sinicization: what’s the future?

Posted on 15/11/2023 by John Sandeman
Nanjing Theological Seminary

“Sinicization” is an ugly-looking word, meaning a state of being sinicized – or made Chinese. The Chinese government has decided to sinicize the Churches. It’s worth pondering how much we think Sinicization should be resisted. When the Western missionaries left… Continue Reading →

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Gripped by ‘I am what I do’

Posted on 14/11/2023 by John Sandeman
I Am What I Do detail

An excerpt from “I am What I do” a new book by Andrew Laird. I sealed the envelope, heart beating fast, and dropped the parcel into the post box. Inside was months of hard work. But more than that, it… Continue Reading →

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Lutherans grapple with how to be pro and anti-women’s ordination at the same time

Posted on 13/11/2023 by John Sandeman
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Despite their General Synod (Church parliament) voting against Women’s Ordination five times, the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand is working on a proposal that could mean they become one church with two ordination practices in 2024 to 2027.… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Lutherans, Women and church

Tea in fine bone China, coffee at Esme’s and the gospel

Posted on 12/11/2023 by Charles Brammall
tea in fine bone china

Charles Brammall’s column What I Learned by Making Every Mistake in the Book as A Christian When I was being trained in ministry, I visited a lovely elderly chap who I will call Gwynn, a retired British Army colonel. His home… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, evangelism

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